It's the 24th Anniverasy of the events that took place in China and in particular Tiananmen Square in June 1989.

It may be corny but it's worth reminding ourselves that freedoms not free. Most of us who enjoy freedom have not had to pay the cost. We should remember those that have and those who still don't enjoy freedom.

On a lighter note this image is doing the rounds, apparently it was designed to beat PRC censorship:

No it's not, people have been banned for using C**n and Ni**er, Ch*nk is no less offensive.

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Really? Well I'll be damned. I must redeem myself forethwith. Sorry is damned an offense to your ears as well? We are talking about a bloke with cojones (have I upset the cojons?) who stood in front of a Panzer (German - Armour - are the Panzes now upset?) column in Tianenman Square and you get upset at the UK colloquial for Chinese when it wasn't meant to be abusive or racist?

No it's not, people have been banned for using C**n and Ni**er, Ch*nk is no less offensive.

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Its all in the eye of the beholder. When Frayser Boy sings a song called Niggas In Da Hood I suppose it must be alright but then again I would commonly use Gwei Lo to describe myself and other white folk but I have been annoyed when I've heard people use it as a term of abuse.

I suppose it all about respecting people either as individuals or collectively. Its easy to dismiss it as unimportant if you're not the victim.

I'm reading the Bernie Gunther novels at the moment that touch on the holocaust. I suppose its possible that calling some one a chink, nigger, glei lo or yid is the thin end of the wedge that can lead to them being considered as untermench deserving of a final solution.

According to the Pinyin dictionary, there was a historical character named Jing Ke. Perhaps this might be a suitable substitute for chinky?
"&#33606;&#36722; Trad. &#33610;&#36603;
J&#299;ng K&#275;
Jing Ke (-227 BC), celebrated in verse and fiction as would-be assassin of King Ying Zheng of Qin &#31206;&#23348;&#25919; (later the First Emperor &#31206;&#22987;&#30343"
link qin ke | Definition | Mandarin Chinese Pinyin English Dictionary | Yabla Chinese